Summer Theater Thrives in Emporia Stage Season
Emporia State College Summer Theater marks its fourth season with 32 plays since 1955, performed by volunteer students in Albert Taylor Hall. The program trains teachers in drama technique, offers 12 courses, and funds graduate scholarships while drawing crowds from near and far. Inherit the Wind topped annual audience polls despite initial misgivings about its controversy.
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U S Capital Investment in Cuba Reaches 825 Million
The article notes total U S capital invested in Cuba stands at about 825 million dollars. It highlights ongoing financial involvement and implications for relations and economics.
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U. S
Cuba
Man Captures Robber After Liquor Store Heist
In Kansas City AP report, Joseph Centimano 48 held suspect Joseph Edward Brinkley Jr 23 of Denver after a liquor store robbery. Centimano fired two shotguns in pursuit injuring no one. Brinkley taken in by police for investigation with $130, head wound, pellets in skin.
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Joseph Centimano
Centimano
Joseph Edward Brinkley Jr
Denver
Oil Field Worker Charged With Assault
Fred Lewis 47 of Climax Kansas bound over for preliminary hearing on assault charges against C A Wisler 68 agent in charge at Emporia IRS office. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Incident occurred August 6 in Climax when Wisler was struck and hearing impaired.
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Fred Lewis
Climax
Kas
C. A. Wisler
Internal Revenue Service
Emporia
U. S
Arthur Johnson
Lewis
Wisler
Faubus Demands Resistance Plan As Arkansas Board Responds
Little Rock school board unveils a three point plan to resist integration next month including seeking Supreme Court intervention and staying a court order. Gov. Faubus warned actions depend on the board and suggested options such as using a 1956 pupil assignment law or voluntary withdrawal of Negro students. Some parents declined to say if their children would return.
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Little Rock
Orval Faubus
U.S. Supreme Court
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Faubus
Circuit Court
Harry J. Lemley
O Hope
Ark
Virgil Blossom
Central High School
Deaf Mutes Death Ruled Self-Inflicted Gun Wound
Coroner's jury in Macon Ga ruled Parram Youngblood 32 itinerant peddler died from a self-inflicted gunshot as his stolen car hit a roadblock during a manhunt for kidnapping. A 7-year-old Margie Jones was found killed in Kentucky hours earlier.
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Parram Youngblood
Toomsboro
Margie Jones
Melvin
Sandersville
Youngblood
Margie
Auto swerves off road into Broad River in Chimney Rock
A car left U S 74 at Chimney Rock plunging down a 100 foot embankment and overturning twice before settling in shallow Broad River. The lone occupant Bramlett Ballard, 56, was found in neck high water with a bruised forehead.
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Chimney Rock
N.C
U.S. 74
Rocky Broad River
Bramlett Alvin Ballard
Vicar rejects beauty contest judging claim
In London, Rev William Rees refuses to judge Miss Southsea, arguing beauty cannot be judged by statistics and prefers to meet a contestant personally. The note follows his parish article critiquing reliance on physical metrics.
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London
William Rees
Blandworth
Portsmouth
Rees
Landslide in Crevoladossola Leaves Dozen Missing
In Domodossola Italy a massive landslide unleashed after eight hours of heavy rain, burying parts of the village of San Giovanni di Crevoladossola and leaving 12 people reported missing. Rescue efforts focus on locating survivors amid ongoing rainfall.
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Domodossola
Italy
San Giovanni di Crevoladossola
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